CurrencyFreaks

Best for: Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call; Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box; Cost-sensitive teams - low, transparent entry price

Avoid if: You have strict compliance requirements

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  20 / 100
  Agent friendliness
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  100 / 100
  Pricing transparency
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  85 / 100
  Setup speed
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  15 / 100
  Docs quality
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  100 / 100
  Procurement ease
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  35 / 100
  Trust readiness

Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fields (pricing, compliance, capabilities, docs and developer-surface signals) - not from reviews or paid placement. Each axis is 0-100; an unknown signal scores 0 for that axis. Procurement ease is the inverse of buying friction (higher = easier to adopt).

Pricing model

Subscription

Published pricing

✓ Yes

Free tier

✓ Yes

Free tier details

Developer plan: 1,000 API calls/month at no charge; USD base currency only; rates updated every 24 hours; latest rates endpoint only; no conversion endpoints; no custom base currency; no credit card required

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes [2]currencyfreaks.com“Get your API key in 30 seconds·No credit card required”

Requires sales call

✗ No

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [3]currencyfreaks.com/pricing.html“Enterprise ... Contact Us ... Volume-based calls available ... All Professional features plus Custom Solutions”

• Historical rates
• Conversion endpoint
• Time series
• Precious metals
• Crypto rates
• Intraday updates

Supported actions

latest_rates, historical_rates, latest_conversion, historical_conversion, time_series, fluctuation, currencies_list, currency_symbols, historical_data_limits, ip_to_currency [4]currencyfreaks.com/documentation“Latest Exchange Rates ... Historical Exchange Rates ... Time Series ... Fluctuation ... Latest Rates Conversion ... Historical Rates Conversion ... IP to Currency ... Supported Currencies ... Currency Symbols ... Historical Data Limits”

Regions

166 fiat currencies, 4 precious metals, 850 cryptocurrencies, 1020 total currencies, historical data available from 1984-11-28, rates updated every 60 seconds on Professional/Enterprise plans, rates updated every 10 minutes on Growth plan, rates updated hourly on Starter plan, rates updated every 24 hours on free plan, data sourced from forex exchanges, cryptocurrency exchanges, and national banks

Input types

currency code (ISO 4217), base currency, symbols filter, date (YYYY-MM-DD), start date, end date, amount, IP address (IPv4/IPv6), format (json/xml)

Output types

JSON, XML [5]currencyfreaks.com/documentation“JSON (default) ... XML (via format=xml parameter)”

Webhooks

✗ No [6]currencyfreaks.com/documentation“Latest Exchange Rates ... Historical Exchange Rates ... Time Series ... Fluctuation ... Latest Rates Conversion ... Historical Rates Conversion ... IP to Currency ... Supported Currencies ... Currency Symbols ... Historical Data Limits”

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [7]currencyfreaks.com/documentation“In order to use the API, you need to sign up. It does not require a credit card.”

SDK languages

Java, Python, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Swift, C#, Go, C [8]currencyfreaks.com/documentation“Multiple code examples provided in: Shell, Node.js, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, JavaScript, C#, Go, C, and Swift.”

MCP server

✗ No

SOC 2

– Unknown

HIPAA

– Unknown

GDPR

✓ Yes [9]currencyfreaks.com/faqs“Yes. We are GDPR compliant and provide DPA to companies who require it.”

ISO 27001

– Unknown

PCI DSS

– Unknown

Published SLA

✓ Yes [10]currencyfreaks.com/tos“If the CurrencyFreaks API is unavailable to all CurrencyFreaks API customers for more than three consecutive hours in any one calendar day ... an outage will be deemed to have occurred. ... there are more than three outages within any one calendar week”

Rate limits

Monthly hard quotas per plan (no hourly/daily sub-limits); free plan: 1,000 calls/month; paid plans receive alerts at 80%, 90%, 100% consumption with a 10% buffer before suspension; HTTP 429 returned once quota exhausted; unused calls do not roll over [11]currencyfreaks.com/documentation“Once you reach the quota of the subscribed plan, we'll stop serving your requests ... No hourly rate limits exist—users can consume monthly quotas in a single day”currencyfreaks.com/faqs“paid subscribers get alerts at 80%, 90%, and 100% usage ... 10% buffer before service suspension”

Known restrictions

Free plan restricted to USD as base currency only, Free plan provides latest rates endpoint only (no conversion, time series, or fluctuation), Conversion endpoints (latest and historical) require paid plan, IP-to-currency endpoint requires Growth plan or higher, Time series and fluctuation endpoints require Professional plan or higher, No redistribution or resale of API data permitted, End users may not store or distribute data beyond personal use, Monthly quotas do not carry over to the next period, Exceeding quota returns HTTP 429 until quota renews, Attribution not required but a backlink to currencyfreaks.com is 'highly appreciated', API usage prohibited for gambling, adult content, dating, alcohol industry, and illegal activities

• Docs
• Status page

Docs rendering: static

API style

rest

Base URL

https://api.currencyfreaks.com/v2.0/

Version

v2.0

Versioning

url

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key

Idempotency keys

✗ No

Error format

vendor-specific

Rate limit

1000 / month

• Auth docs
• Quickstart

Launched

2019-01-01

Notable customers

Equiti, HP, Gartner, University of Georgia, Exigo, Savart, Timify, Oodles

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Every field change, who made it, and when - from our audited data pipeline and editors.

1. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 10 → 20
2. 2026-06-14 Has Structured Data: (none) → No
3. 2026-06-14 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
4. 2026-06-14 Capabilities: {} → {"crypto":true,"metals":true,"intraday":true,"conversion":true,"historical":tru…
5. 2026-06-14 Summary Md: (none) → CurrencyFreaks is a REST API providing real-time and historical foreign exchang…
6. 2026-06-14 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 100
7. 2026-06-14 Best For: (none) → Prototypes and side projects - free to start, no sales call, Teams needing broa…
8. 2026-06-14 Avoid If: (none) → You have strict compliance requirements
9. 2026-06-14 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
10. 2026-06-14 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 35
11. 2026-06-14 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 10
12. 2026-06-14 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 100
13. 2026-06-14 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 85
14. 2026-06-14 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 15
15. 2026-06-14 Llms Txt Present: (none) → No
16. 2026-06-14 Docs URL: (none) → https://currencyfreaks.com/documentation
17. 2026-06-14 Status Page URL: (none) → https://status.currencyfreaks.com
18. 2026-06-14 Rendering: (none) → static
19. 2026-06-14 Free Tier Available: set to Yes
20. 2026-06-14 Free Tier Details: set to Developer plan: 1,000 API calls/month at no charge; USD base currency only; rat…
21. 2026-06-14 Self Serve Signup: set to Yes
22. 2026-06-14 Requires Sales Call: set to No
23. 2026-06-14 Enterprise Plan Available: set to Yes
24. 2026-06-14 GDPR: set to Yes
25. 2026-06-14 SLA Published: set to Yes
26. 2026-06-14 Documented Rate Limits: set to Monthly hard quotas per plan (no hourly/daily sub-limits); free plan: 1,000 cal…
27. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Requests: set to 1000
28. 2026-06-14 Rate Limit Window: set to month
29. 2026-06-14 Known Restrictions: set to Free plan restricted to USD as base currency only, Free plan provides latest ra…
30. 2026-06-14 Auth Methods: set to api_key
31. 2026-06-14 Auth Docs URL: set to https://currencyfreaks.com/documentation
32. 2026-06-14 API Style: set to rest
33. 2026-06-14 Base URL: set to https://api.currencyfreaks.com/v2.0/
34. 2026-06-14 API Version: set to v2.0
35. 2026-06-14 Versioning Scheme: set to url
36. 2026-06-14 Stability: set to ga
37. 2026-06-14 Quickstart URL: set to https://currencyfreaks.com/documentation
38. 2026-06-14 Idempotency Supported: set to No
39. 2026-06-14 Error Format: set to vendor-specific
40. 2026-06-14 Requires Verification: set to No
41. 2026-06-14 Starting Price Usd: set to 9.99
42. 2026-06-14 Price Basis: set to month
43. 2026-06-14 Slug: set to currencyfreaks
44. 2026-06-14 Launched At: set to 2019-01-01
45. 2026-06-14 Notable Customers: set to Equiti, HP, Gartner, University of Georgia, Exigo, Savart, Timify, Oodles
46. 2026-06-14 Fields Not Found: set to soc2, hipaa, iso_27001, pci_dss, webhooks_supported, mcp_server_available, depr…
47. 2026-06-14 Source Confidence: set to high
48. 2026-06-14 Extractor: set to claude-subagent:sonnet
49. 2026-06-14 Last Verified At: set to 2026-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
50. 2026-06-14 Status: set to published

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